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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
DOUG MERRIFIELD (Executive Producer) started out in the entertainment industry in
television with his own company specializing in 2nd unit work for one-hour TV shows. He
then moved into feature-film production, his first credits being associate producer on “Free
Willy” and “Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home.” For “Free Willy 3: The Rescue,” he was coproducer.
He previously worked with director Bruce Hendricks as executive producer on
“Ultimate X” and “Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert.”
In addition to his producing credits, Merrifield was unit production manager on the three
blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” films.
VINCE PACE (Executive Producer) is the chief executive officer of PACE, known for
revolutionizing the entertainment experience using the proprietary Fusion 3D system,
which includes specialized cameras, creative techniques and integrated post-production
processes.
Leveraging his experience as an Emmy ® -nominated director of photography and
innovative technology developer, Pace brings an array of successful stereoscopic productions
to the industry. As co-developer, along with director James Cameron, of the world’s most
advanced stereoscopic acquisition system—the PACE/Cameron Fusion System—Pace
continues to lead the revolution they began eight years prior, taking the world of 3D out of
mathematics and into creativity.
Pace has credits on virtually every noteworthy live-action stereoscopic production to date.
His credits as executive producer are Disney’s “Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of
Both Worlds Concert” and “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.” Other credits
include “U2 3D,” “Avatar,” “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D,” “Ghosts of the Abyss”
and “Aliens of the Deep.”
Pace continues to work alongside premiere innovative companies such as Disney, NBA,
Atlantic Records, New Line Cinema and Fox Entertainment. He has been featured in
publications such as the Hollywood Reporter, Variety, ICG Magazine and HD Video Pro and
has been a guest speaker for numerous conferences.
MITCHELL AMUNDSEN (Director of Photography) previously worked with director
Bruce Hendricks and producer Art Repola as director of photography on “Hannah Montana &
Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert” and “Ultimate X.” His other director of
photography credits include “Wanted,” “Transformers,” “Transporter 2,” “The Country
Bears” and the upcoming “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.”
REED SMOOT, A.S.C. (Director of Photography) previously worked with director
Bruce Hendricks and producer Art Repola as director of photography on “Hannah Montana &
Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert” and “Ultimate X.” Other credits include “U2 3D,”
“Wild Ocean 3D,” “Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs,” “Journey Across India,” “Lincoln’s
Eyes,” “Mystery of the Nile,” “The Young Black Stallion” and “Jane Goodall’s Wild
Chimpanzees.”
MICHAEL TRONICK, A.C.E. (Editor) most recently served as editor on Walt Disney
Pictures’ “Bedtime Stories,” starring Adam Sandler, and Disney’s very successful “Hannah
Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert.” He was nominated for two ACE
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